MST3K - South Park catchphrase origin?

I noticed this weirdly predictive MST3K quip the other day. It comes from a 1991 episode - "Fugitive Alien," and consists of a now familiar death / kenny / those bastards sequence. Struck me as weird since South Park premiered in 1997. No idea if Trey Parker & Matt stone have ever discussed the source of the recurring catchphrase -- and this probably isn't it -- but it seemed oddly coincidental.

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• MST3k
• kenny
• coincidence
• prediction

[MagnumBill91]

Here is where I bring up a question that neither one of the users arguing have bothered asking - what do the political agendas of liberals and conservatives have anything to do with three guys talking over a B-movie?

[StygianEmperor]

Popularity or how much money something makes does not directly correlate to how good something is. However, South Park is excellent.

[donnyforte2]

everything from south park is stolen or rehashed. that's how most shows work.

[rang3r34]

See I alway thought the "You bastards" line came from an episode of The Jeffersons. It was the scene where George finds out the killed MLK and he yells out "You BASTARDS!!" I guess it was supposed to be dramatic, but came out silly....I dunno, just a thought.

[only257]

@StygianEmperor agreed

[crispycritterz]

@ilikelazers They had bigger hips, but not nearly as much fat as they do now.

[aftertouchbeatz]

@PooPoo2U if they indeed did get the idea from this, it's more of an homage rather than a blatant rehash of the exact line

[ilikelazers]

why does it seem like women used to have bigger hips? is that what they thought was sexy back then?

[PooPoo2U]

Am I the only one who noticed the context isn't the same as the South Park saying and on South Park they say "You bastards" not "those bastards"?

[Rodney17302]

In the episode "Pod People" they say that one of the monsters looks like it's "Half bear and half pig"... which made me think of "Man Bear Pig"... it's very possible that some of Trey Parker's and Matt Stone's genius inadvertently or even subconsciously came from MST3000

[Rodney17302]

In the episode "Pod People" they say that one of the monsters looks like it's "Half bear and half pig"... which made me think of "Man Bear Pig"... it's very possible that some of Trey Parker's and Matt Stone's genius inadvertently or even subconsciously came from MST3000